A Collection of websites for studying A level Biology

(G. Ferguson – original list collated 2004-2005 )

• Unit 1.2 Enzymes

http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/lab2/intro.html
Simple diagrams and animations
(NB a good site for simple animated reviews of many AS topics)

• Unit 1.3 Cells

http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/westmin/science/sbi3a1/Cells/cells.htm
- some lovely “movies” showing structure/function of cell components

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/cell_bio.html
Home page of a thorough site – but don’t be put off by the font size + style – there is also
humour surrounding detailed information.

Within this site view pages below:

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/pev/page2.html
- humorously written tutorial of prokaryotes/eukaryotes with short test at the end.

http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cells/cells2.html
- good summary of light and electron spectroscopy
http://fig.cox.miami.edu/~cmallery/255/255ion/255ion_channels.htm
-many useful diagrams, not much text

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/biology/bio4fv/page/endocyta.htm
Simple text and animations of endocytosis

http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/Michael.Gregory/files/Bio%20101/Bio%20101%
20Lectures/Cells/cells.htm
- cell organelle summary

• Unit 2.2 Transport (March 2005)

http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-
uk.org.uk/mag/artmar00/watermvt3.html
- a clearly written article of movement of water through a plant, illustrated with real
photographs of plant tissue, by Ann Bruce

(See: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/index.html?http://www.microscopy-
uk.org.uk/schools/mainscol.html for articles on other topics)

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/X/Xylem.html
- notes and some diagrams – linked topics

http://home.earthlink.net/~dayvdanls/plant_transport.html
- notes on plant tissues

http://www.uri.edu/artsci/bio/plant_anatomy/thumbnails.html
- plant tissue slides
 • Mitosis Versus Meiosis websites
http://biologyinmotion.com/cell_division/
Practise putting chromosomes in cells

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/miracle/divide.html#
Go to "Mitosis vs. Meiosis" For movie

• Unit 4.1 Respiration (Chemistry for Biologists)

http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnnet/cfb/respiration.htm

• Unit 4.2 Option – muscle contraction

http://www.brookscole.com/chemistry_d/templates/student_resources/shared_resourc
es/animations/muscles/muscles.html
Highly recommended tutorial on the web for skeletal muscle structure and muscle
contraction:
(GF Feb 2006)

General:
http://www.mrothery.co.uk/
Take note that this information is not aimed at Edexcel exam board.
However there are many useful notes. See links especially to Grays Anatomy.

http://www.themeatrix.com/
Entertaining cartoon against factory farming

Homeostasis- Kidney
http://www.uic.edu/classes/bios/bios100/lecturesf04am/lect21.htm
Useful info and pictures

http://www.msjensen.gen.umn.edu/1135/Links/Animations/default.html

Many animations - however you may need to wait for software to be downloaded and
beware the detail may be far greater than required.